STEWART COUNTY MARKET

Stewart County, Georgia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Stewart County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Louvale, Lumpkin and and Richland. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Stewart County by the Numbers

Stewart County has 74 farms on 76,192 acres (about 1,030 acres each). Together they sold $14.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow persimmons, peaches and nectarines. Beekeepers tend about 42 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Stewart County already sell straight to the public. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Stewart County

Stewart County farms and homesteads keep 1,070 head of cattle, 75 sheep and 74 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 143 people run or help run farms in Stewart County, with an average age of 65. 34% of them are women. 9 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.